Pulmonary effects of fixation of a fracture with a plate compared with intramedullary nailing: A canine model of fat embolism and fracture fixation

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 984-996

  Schemitsch, Emil H ^a   Jain, Rina ^a   Turchin, Diana C ^a   Brendan Mullen, J ^b   Byrick, Robert J ^a   Anderson, Gail I ^a   Richards, Robin R ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BONE PLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; FAT EMBOLISM; FRACTURE FIXATION; INFLAMMATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LUNG ALVEOLUS OXYGEN TENSION; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG EDEMA; NONHUMAN; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030811954     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199707000-00004     Document Type: Article

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